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Creating an extended integration for Qualys assets

  • November 10, 2024 13:07
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Choose from three Qualys asset integrations in Oomnitza to gain complete visibility of your assets as data from Qualys is automatically transformed into consumable information and actionable insights.

Qualys Asset Load: Uses the Host List API endpoint which gets a list of scanned hosts. For further information see Qualys API Documentation: Host List

Qualys Virtual Asset Load: Uses the Virtual Host List API endpoint which gets a list of virtual hosts. For further information see Qualys API Documentation: Virtual Host List

Qualys Excluded Asset Load: Uses the Excluded Host List API endpoint which gets a list of excluded hosts. For further information see Qualys API Documentation: Excluded Host list

Note
Refer to the above Qualys API documentation links to ensure that you have the relevant permissions to fetch a list of scanned hosts. For example, unit Managers can only view scanned or virtual hosts within their respective business unit.

Connect Oomnitza and Qualys in minutes

Get the information and insights that you need to reduce costs and the time that you spend on administration tasks such as:

  • Configurable dashboards and list views of key asset information
  • Configurable reports to share information about assets and software with your colleagues and management such as corporate-wide reports that detail the distribution and status of the assets in your environment

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small_blue_link.svgCreating the integration

small_blue_link.svgCreating custom mappings

Before you start

Before you can create the user integration with Oomnitza, you need to have added your Qualys credentials to Oomnitza.

To save time running the integration you should also have added your Qualys API URL as a global variable in Oomnitza.

Creating the integration

To configure the integration for the Qualys Asset Load, complete the following steps:

  1. In Oomnitza, click Configuration> Integrations> Overview.
  2. Click Block view block_view.PNG
  3. Scroll down to the Extended section for asset integrations.
  4. Click NEW INTEGRATION.
  5. Select the integration in the sidebar.
  6. Click ADD.

Integration details overview

More information is provided about the following fields to help you complete the integration:

Installation type

Select Cloud if you want to store credentials in the Oomnitza cloud.

Select Local if you want to store credentials locally. Local extended integrations do not support AWS and OAuth authentication. If you want to sync Oomnitza with vendor applications that require AWS or OAUTH authentication, select Cloud.

Integration preferences

By default, the option Create & Update option is selected. Select this option  when you want to edit records and add new records. If you want to edit records and not add new records, select Update Only. If you only want to add new records, select Create Only.

Integration details

To review or update the integrations details, click Edit edit_black_pencil_icon.svg.

  1. Update the integration name if necessary. 
  2. Select an installation type.
  3. For integration preferences, select an option.
  4. Enter the name of the integration user.

Credential details

If you selected Cloud as the installation type, choose one of the following options:

  • Select the credentials that were created for the integration.
  • Edit the credentials that were created for the integration.
  • Create new credentials

Schedule

By default, data is streamed to Oomnitza once every day.

You can configure the schedule to meet your needs such as changing the interval or changing the time so that the data is streamed when your system isn't busy.

  1. Click the Edit edit_black_pencil_icon.svg.
  2. Configure your schedule.
  3. Click Update.

Mappings

To map the fields to Oomnitza, click Edit edit_black_pencil_icon.svg.

TipBulb_Icon_small.svgYou can define rules for your integration by selecting Edit integration edit_integration.svg on the mapping page. For example, you may only want to run the integration if a certain contact or region exists. See Filtering integration results.  
You can add new fields to your integration by selecting Add new field  add_grey_rectangel_icon.svg on the mapping page. All you need to do is specify the property name. See Creating custom API fields. 

Creating custom mappings

Map Qualys fields to Oomnitza fields to get the asset information that you need. For the Qualys Virtual Asset Load field mapping, it is recommended to follow these steps:

  1. Create a custom mapping for the Virtual Host Port field. To do this, complete these steps:
    1. Click the down arrow on the Virtual Host Port field.
    2. Select Add new Oomnitza assets field.
    3. Change the name of the new field to Qualys Port. 
    4. Click CREATE. 
  2. Create another customer mapping for the FQDN. Name the field Qualys FDN.
  3. Finally, create a custom mapping for the IP address. Name the field IP Address.
  4. Map and assign a sync key to a unique field.
  5. Click UPDATE.

Tracking information for asset loads 

When the integration is run, you can track the name of the credentials used and the source of the data. To do this, you map the following fields to Oomnitza:   

  • Connect: Credentials

Custom mappings for Qualys Asset Load

DNS
Domain
FQDN
Host ID
Host IP
Host Name
Networking ID
OS
Tracking Method

Custom mappings for Qualys Virtual Asset Load

FQDN
Virtual Host IP
Virtual Host Port


Custom mappings for Qualys Excluded Asset Load

IP
IP Range

Launching the integration

Your integration is in Draft mode until the required mandatory fields are added. When added, click Launch to activate your integration. 

small_blue_link.svg If you selected Cloud as the installation type when creating the integration, see Running an extended integration

small_blue_link.svg If you selected Local as the installation type when creating the integration, see Running an extended integration locally.

Viewing data ingested by Oomnitza

Viewing ingested asset data

For asset integrations, click Hardware. If the asset integration also ingests software data, click Software.

Viewing ingested user data

For user integrations, click People. If you chose the option to ingest User and SaaS user data, click Software > SaaS, click the SaaS app, and then click the Users tab. 

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Unleash the power of Oomnitza

To get valuable actionable insights that help you manage your assets, learn how to:

  • Configure dashboards for your users and software
  • Configure custom reports about your users and software
  • Create workflows to automate tasks

See Getting started for more information.

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